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#sakestudy has been quite a frequent undertaking ever since moving back to Malaysia. You see... We've got the crazy idea of refining our local rice beverage to the level of the Japanese. Gotta start somewhere so why not taste the best... Imo necessary if we wanna make the best. And it's odd here in Malaysia - the wine scene isn't one that I'd consider to be thriving, yet sake seems to be. While it's still small and niche, there's a growing number of fanatics... Think specialist sake bars that are packed out each weekend... Sake importers and stores who stock on iconoclastic breweries like Tatenokawa... Insane!
Here's another killer bottle from one of my favourite sake breweries. Compelling to say the least. Not dissimilar to their Seiryu in terms of profile - fruit driven and very fine. But the 33 definitely takes it up a notch with it's richness and complexity! Sweeter and powerful, threading-on-exotic aromas. But with finesse. The finish is crisp and so fine. Deceivingly long, with floral honeyed tones that just lingers. And the texture... Oh so silky... like 1.5k thread count for the tongue 🤤 There's a distinct umami core too, that I feel would develop if given more air. Sadly... Or not so sadly... another bottle that disappeared in no time at all. — 6 years ago
Aaron Tan
#sakestudy has been quite a frequent undertaking ever since moving back to Malaysia. You see... We've got the crazy idea of refining our local rice beverage to the level of the Japanese. Gotta start somewhere so why not taste the best... Imo necessary if we wanna make the best. And it's odd here in Malaysia - the wine scene isn't one that I'd consider to be thriving, yet sake seems to be. While it's still small and niche, there's a growing number of fanatics... Think specialist sake bars that are packed out each weekend... Sake importers and stores who stock on iconoclastic breweries like Tatenokawa... Insane!
Here's another killer bottle from one of my favourite sake breweries. Compelling to say the least. Not dissimilar to their Seiryu in terms of profile - fruit driven and very fine. But the 33 definitely takes it up a notch with it's richness and complexity! Sweeter and powerful, threading-on-exotic aromas. But with finesse. The finish is crisp and so fine. Deceivingly long, with floral honeyed tones that just lingers. And the texture... Oh so silky... like 1.5k thread count for the tongue 🤤 There's a distinct umami core too, that I feel would develop if given more air. Sadly... Or not so sadly... another bottle that disappeared in no time at all. — 6 years ago